Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Indian Samosa (simple step by step)

Fig 1-Samosa Cover Dough Fig 2-Green Peas Fig 3-Samosa Mixture Fig 4-Samosa cover strips with mixture Fig 5-Stuffed samosa Fig 6-Frying samosa on low flame
Fig 7-Ready to eat crispy samosa Fig 8-Ready eat samosas



Serving 6-8 Samose

Ingredients:

For Samosa mixture :
Oil : 1 ½ tsp
Cumin seeds (Jeera) : 1 tsp
Green Chili (Hirawi mirchi) : 2-3 (chopped) (as per the taste)
Coriander Powder : 1 tsp
Green Peas (Matar) : 1/2 cup
Potato (Batata) : 3-4 medium size (cooked, chopped)
Garam Masala : ½ tsp
Mango Powder (Aamchur) : 1 tsp
Salt to taste

For Samosa Cover mixture :
All purpose flour (maida) : 1 cup
Suji (Rawa) : 1 tbsp
Oil : 1-2 tbsp (as needed)
Salt : 1/2 tsp
lukewarm Water for kneading

Oil for frying

Procedure :
1) Knead the samosa cover dough (Fig 1). Cover and keep it aside for at least 30 minutes.
2) Heat oil for a minute, crackle cumin seeds, fry green chilies & coriander powder for a minute. Add green peas, mix well. Cook for couple of minutes(Fig 2).
3) Add chopped , cooked potatoes, salt and mix well. Add garam masala + mango powder mix all together (as shown in Fig 3). Let the mixture cool.
4) Make even size 3-4 balls of samosa cover dough. Take one ball and roll it in rectangular shape. Cut it in two half, length wise and put samosa mixture as shown in Fig 4.
5) Cover the mixture from all side by joining & folding it diagonally(Fig 5). Repeat for all remaining dough balls.
6) Heat oil for frying in a deep pan. Fry 2 samosas at a time on low-medium heat (fig 6).
7) Serve with chatani / tomato sauce. (Fig 7)

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